What will be the implications for the right of residence of United Kingdom citizens residing in Portugal in the midst of Brexit and the UK withdrawal agreement from the European Union?

Let’s say that we expected to find ourselves in better circumstances. These are difficult times during which we write to you. Times of pandemic that holds some in their homes and pushes others for action in a risky scenario, limiting our freedom and, mainly, the comfort of the predictability of tomorrow.

Many UK residents who own a property in Portugal will have received their Portuguese council property tax forms, with no opportunity to visit Portugal and pay it. So, how can you pay the invoice?

The National Road Safety Authority (ANSR) launches a campaign - 'New signs, greater safety' - which comes into force on April 20, 2020. It promotes the awareness to changes to some road signs, introduced by the new Traffic Signaling Regulation (RST).

Insurance is one of those things that you never want to think about. You go in, sign a few papers, and then head home. Do you really know all the fine details of your insurance policies? Or are you just hoping that they never will occur?

The Withdrawal Agreement agreed by Uk and European parliaments will come in to effect at midnight Central European TIme (11pm in UK) on January 31st 2020.
What exactly does this mean for Brits in the EU27?

One of the things that has been talked about more over the last two years, particularly as a possible response to the UK exit from the EU, is the option to apply for Portuguese citizenship. Of course there are rules to follow, but something that has arisen for at least one afpop Member is an obstacle that we had not experienced previously.

Most of public agencies in Portugal could have less bureaucracy. All over the world the trend is to increase it to ensure jobs and toys for the boys, writes Jack Soifer.

This gives secured votes to the huge dominating parties. Although a couple latter governments here say they will curb this, the pressure from a few leaders and from the lobbies who have sympathies among middle bosses in power, makes the PM’s wishes a pipedream.

With the UK’s departure from the European Union now pushed back to 31 October, uncertainty both at home and abroad is set to drag on yet further. Whereas those at home in Blighty retain certain assurances, for Britain’s expat community even the most basic of rights still hang in the balance, writes Mike Bedigan, writer and correspondent for the UK's Immigration Advice Service

There are currently an estimated 800,000 Brits living in Europe. Of these, around 350,000 have settled on the Iberian Peninsula (49,000 in Portugal), whose lives on the continent will undoubtedly be affected by the UK’s withdrawal.